featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role
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"Featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role" refers to the 1959 crime drama film *The Big Operator*, known for its portrayal of corrupt union practices and for including the iconic horror hostess Maila Nurmi (Vampira) in a minor part.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maila Nurmi in a supporting role | 1 |
| featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role Context triple: [The Big Operator, notableFor, featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role]
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A.
Maila Nurmi
Maila Nurmi was a Finnish-American actress and television personality best known for creating and portraying the iconic 1950s horror hostess character Vampira.
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B.
Thelma
Thelma is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "will" or "volition," popular in English-speaking countries during the early 20th century.
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C.
Sils Maria
Sils Maria is a Swiss Alpine village in the Engadin valley, best known as a summer retreat of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and a source of inspiration for some of his major works.
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D.
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress acclaimed for her roles in international films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim," and for being one of the few Japanese actresses nominated for an Academy Award.
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E.
Malena Ernman
Malena Ernman is a Swedish opera singer and environmental activist known both for her acclaimed mezzo-soprano career and as the mother of climate activist Greta Thunberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role Target entity description: "Featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role" refers to the 1959 crime drama film *The Big Operator*, known for its portrayal of corrupt union practices and for including the iconic horror hostess Maila Nurmi (Vampira) in a minor part.
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A.
Maila Nurmi
Maila Nurmi was a Finnish-American actress and television personality best known for creating and portraying the iconic 1950s horror hostess character Vampira.
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B.
Thelma
Thelma is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning "will" or "volition," popular in English-speaking countries during the early 20th century.
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C.
Sils Maria
Sils Maria is a Swiss Alpine village in the Engadin valley, best known as a summer retreat of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and a source of inspiration for some of his major works.
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D.
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress acclaimed for her roles in international films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim," and for being one of the few Japanese actresses nominated for an Academy Award.
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E.
Margo
Margo is the responsible and intelligent eldest of Gru’s three adopted daughters in the Despicable Me franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ television personality ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
The Big Operator (1959 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Big Operator
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Charles F. Haas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| features |
Maila Nurmi in a supporting role
ⓘ
linked to:
featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role
|
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Jim Backus
ⓘ
Maila Nurmi ⓘ Mamie Van Doren ⓘ Mel Tormé ⓘ Mickey Rooney ⓘ Ray Danton ⓘ Steve Cochran ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Vampira (TV horror hostess character)
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linked to:
Vampira
|
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| participatedIn | The Big Operator ⓘ |
| producer | Albert Zugsmith ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Zugsmith Productions
ⓘ
linked to:
Albert Zugsmith Productions
|
| publicationDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Albert Zugsmith
ⓘ
Robert Hill ⓘ |
| stageName | Vampira ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
corrupt union practices
ⓘ
labor racketeering ⓘ |
| title | The Big Operator ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role Description of subject: "Featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role" refers to the 1959 crime drama film *The Big Operator*, known for its portrayal of corrupt union practices and for including the iconic horror hostess Maila Nurmi (Vampira) in a minor part.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role
linked to: featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role